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District profile / South Carolina

Horry 01

Conway, South Carolina · Public school district · #3 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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48,662
Students
2024-25 school year
57
Schools
2024-25 school year
$11,927
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 5% below the South Carolina median
14.5
Students per teacher
2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

Horry 01 is a public school district based in Conway, South Carolina, serving 48,662 students in 57 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 854 students each, more than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $11,927 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% less than the South Carolina median. It has roughly 14.5 students per teacher. We've matched 17 news stories to the district.

How Horry 01 compares

Horry 01South Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$11,927
South Carolina median $12,570 · 5% below · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,290
South Carolina median $7,082 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school854
South Carolina median 550 · 55% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher14.5
South Carolina median 13.6 · 7% above · 2024-25
Students per counselor355
South Carolina median 340 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$680.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 11%State 39%Local 50%
MeasureHorry 01South Carolina medianYear
Current spending per student$11,927$12,570FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,290$7,082FY2020-21
Total spending$613.8 millionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$680.4 millionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)3,365n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)7,039n/a2024-25
Students per teacher14.513.62024-25
Students per counselor3553402024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The South Carolina median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

17 stories matched

Peer districts in South Carolina

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Greenville 01Greenville77,77492$11,13815.2#1
Charleston 01Charleston50,85683$14,26713.0#2
Horry 01Conway · this district48,66257$11,92714.5#3
Berkeley 01Moncks Corner39,42346$10,62416.1#4
Richland 02Columbia28,84132$12,55713.8#5

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Cumberland County SchoolsFayetteville, NC49,002$10,28616.8
San Francisco UnifiedSan Francisco, CA48,902$17,41621.0
Detroit Public Schools Community DistrictDetroit, MI48,828$17,24616.1
Humble ISDHumble, TX48,502$10,34114.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-sc-horry-01